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ST. PAUL, Minn. – – Increasing the amount of renewable ethanol blended into gasoline from 10 percent to 20 percent does not present problems for current vehicles or fuel dispensing equipment and provides similar power and performance, according to a new study released Wednesday by the State of Minnesota.
Using 40 pairs of vehicles commonly found on American roads, a year-long research effort found that increasing ethanol blends from 10 percent (E10) to 20 percent (E20) in a gallon of gasoline provided an effective fuel across a range of tests focusing on drivability and materials compatibility.
"Using homegrown renewable fuel is an important part of Americanizing our energy future and unhooking our country from foreign sources of oil," Governor Tim Pawlenty said. "This study shows that we can safely increase the amount of ethanol blended with gasoline for use in today's vehicles."
When he was alive, he was a scoundrel, a varmint, a no good lowdown hellraiser who went around robbin' banks and shootin' people.
He got in with the worst of 'em — Jesse James and the Younger brothers. But when that famous meeting of the posse and the outlaws took place near Madelia, he went down shooting, in a gunfight famous for stopping a notorious group of Old West hoodlums.
His name was Charley Pitts, and if you can believe the loosely documented history, his may be the bones that have resided in the basement of the Northfield Historical Society Museum since 1981.
Another death after a jolt from a Taser revives safety questions that critics say should have been answered long ago. Every time someone dies in police custody after being zapped with a Taser, fresh questions arise about their safety.
The devices, which fire stun–producing darts to subdue suspects, have been criticized by humanitarian and civil rights groups because of 290 deaths associated with them.
